tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post3135382833348268792..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: catamountseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-25944731510135632822010-04-13T19:07:42.842-07:002010-04-13T19:07:42.842-07:00You had a lot of questions as a child, didn't ...You had a lot of questions as a child, didn't you?<br /><br />Your Sunday school teacher may have been enlightened, but just a tad misogynist. I would tend to blame the tetchiness of the Higher Powered partner.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-59665483129254200292010-04-13T18:04:53.491-07:002010-04-13T18:04:53.491-07:00I remember asking my surprisingly enlightened sund...I remember asking my surprisingly enlightened sunday school teacher why it was that Kings Saul, David and Solomon all started off obeying God and being really good and then gradually earned Gods displeasure and acted really bad. <br />With so many wives in the harem he explained the kings probably got syphilis and went mad.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-20873658387100489802010-04-13T13:36:19.197-07:002010-04-13T13:36:19.197-07:00Uh, make that her autobiography (Dust Tracks on th...Uh, make that her <i>auto</i>biography (Dust Tracks on the Road).seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-13104907371623909572010-04-13T13:34:55.329-07:002010-04-13T13:34:55.329-07:00In her biography, Zora Neale Hurston tells of read...In her biography, Zora Neale Hurston tells of reading the Bible with her friend for just such 'edifying' bits when they were children, simultanously garnering praise from the adults for their devoutness. Talk about having it both ways!seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-32089153408140732062010-04-13T10:58:06.432-07:002010-04-13T10:58:06.432-07:00I'm not sure I believe that a veil made Tamar ...I'm not sure I believe that a veil made Tamar unrecognizable to Judah, either. Those biblical characters were an amazingly randy and opportunistic lot. It's a miracle that stuff is read in schools.<br />==========================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-21887258685454242092010-04-13T09:39:21.926-07:002010-04-13T09:39:21.926-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-71016599541598090912010-04-13T09:39:21.398-07:002010-04-13T09:39:21.398-07:00Great literature reveals that this is just the kin...Great literature reveals that this is just the kind of mistake that can happen in the dark. Though personally, I've always found Jacob's confusion between Rachel and Leah a little hard to buy. I think there's just a faint whiff of opportunism in it all.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-76652468837070623472010-04-13T05:52:20.964-07:002010-04-13T05:52:20.964-07:00It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday a...It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday and I was in bed with my <b>catamount </b> when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me.<br /><br />Daring!marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-56886779098418378422010-04-12T23:35:35.108-07:002010-04-12T23:35:35.108-07:00You did not. I read Earthly Powers, although I don...You did not. I read Earthly Powers, although I don't remember too much, but it's probably the only reason I have any glimmer of what a catamite is at all. It's like a bedbug, right?<br /><br />Just kidding. <br /><br />The kind of thing I remember from novels is so extremely random. What I remember from that one is the main character saying something somewhere along the way about how he had learned all these languages because it was just what one ought to do. I thought, wow, that's true.<br /><br />And yet, I haven't.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-74883138914858350272010-04-12T23:25:51.040-07:002010-04-12T23:25:51.040-07:00Did I ever mention one of my favourite book openin...Did I ever mention one of my favourite book openings ever from Earthly Powers: <br /><br />It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me.adrian.mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838262042075970079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-6376535588618526432010-04-12T22:26:32.091-07:002010-04-12T22:26:32.091-07:00Western Carolina University also fields teams unde...Western Carolina University also fields teams under the name of Catamounts. I almost used one of their logos as my image, but I realized that would give it away.<br /><br />I suppose I ought to do "catamite", but I wonder if that will take this away from the PG rating this blog has so far more or less had...<br /><br />I wonder, because without a sentence in front of me to puzzle out, I do not actually know what a catamite is.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-2772125222864453052010-04-12T20:06:11.126-07:002010-04-12T20:06:11.126-07:00The University of Vermont's sports teams are c...The University of Vermont's sports teams are called the Catamounts. Whether salaciously witty students sometimes call them the Catamites, I don't know.<br />==========================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-33039901856832959252010-04-12T06:55:21.460-07:002010-04-12T06:55:21.460-07:00Yes, catatonic would have lead me astray too, if I...Yes, catatonic would have lead me astray too, if I'd only thought of it. <br /><br />But sometimes a cat is simply a cat.<br /><br />Glad to see a new blog post from you. Headed there now...seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-26739430011468931332010-04-12T05:47:45.885-07:002010-04-12T05:47:45.885-07:00That was a new one for me!!! I rushed towards tant...That was a new one for me!!! I rushed towards tantamount and catatonic and tried to blend them...Sucharita Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802171314546508539noreply@blogger.com